November 21, 2009
UTNE READER

Green Building for the Rest of Us

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November / December 2007
By Hannah Lobel, Utne Reader 
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“Consumers should be very concerned about [builders and designers] just focused on products,” says Southface’s Creech. “The key is taking a systems approach, not putting a bunch of Band-Aids on a house.” Dalrymple, whose trade is green products and services, agrees. Products are important, he says, but they are not as essential as, for example, orienting a house to take advantage of passive solar heating or ensuring that a building is tightly sealed to conserve energy. 

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As tempting as it may be to buy a new bamboo countertop and call it a day, consumers will have to put in the research and legwork necessary to ensure that green building can realize its potential. Because the true cost of building green isn’t money, but effort. And that’s something all of us can spare for the good of the planet.

For a guide to online green building resources, visit www.utne.com/greenbuilding.

 

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